The System C & Graphnet Care Alliance has announced a series of new clinical leadership initiatives to ensure it continues to be at the forefront with clinical usability. The companies’ internal structures have developed to reflect the emergence of roles in the NHS of a new chief clinical information officer […]
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Microsoft welcomes new Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Rhew
Microsoft has announced a new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Rhew who joins the company from Samsung. David Rhew has joined the Worldwide Commercial Business (WCB) Healthcare leadership team at Microsoft as the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Healthcare. Microsoft said the role will help them truly understand […]
Research links eye-tracking to predicting Alzheimer’s disease
New research has revealed that eye-tracking tests may be the key to predicting which patients with mild cognitive impairments (MCI) will develop Alzheimer’s disease. The research from Loughborough University has found that it may be possible to predict if people with mild memory and thinking impairments will go onto develop Alzheimer’s […]
Feature: 5 insights for EPMA success
In our latest feature we focus on electronic prescribing and medicines management to share successful implementations, challenges, learnings and advice from 5 organisations and projects. There is strong evidence to suggest that electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems improve safety for patients, reduce the risk of harm and ensure high […]
Hundreds of users access cancer care record in first six days
NHS Wales Informatics Service has announced cancer care records are now available to view in the Welsh Clinical Portal. In just the first 6 days nearly one thousand users have accessed the information. Previously the cancer patient information was only available to Cancer Network Information System Cymru (CaNISC) users, however […]
TPP’s Autoplanner benefits Leicestershire Partnership
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has introduced software to generate optimum visit lists for the 300 community nurses and community healthcare assistants working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Each list balances a range of factors, including the individual patient needs, travel distances, the number of staff available, their working hours, and […]
HTN 100 Featuring: NHS Digital Academy, Leeds set for healthtech growth and Civica makes new acquisition
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every week email news@thehtn.co.uk. NHS Digital Academy cohort 3 opens for applications The NHS Digital Academy is a virtual organisation set up to develop a new generation of excellent digital […]
GDE Fast Follower Dietitians go digital
Dietitians at Global Digital Exemplar Fast Follower, Royal Oldham Hospital will be going digital this week with their referrals and forms. The project involves standardising and digitising of dietetic documentation to reduce manual recording of information and using paper based forms. It will involve introducing document template forms into one structured […]
Industry View: What are the main challenges in healthcare tech?
In the second of a two part series we asked leaders from the industry for their views on the main challenges in healthcare technology and we asked if there is progress to be made, what could be done to address these challenges? In part one of the series we asked our audience […]
Interview Series: Dr Anas Nader, co-founder and CEO of Patchwork
In our Interview Series this week, we spoke with Dr Anas Nader, co-founder and CEO of Patchwork, a solution that transforms temporary staffing by connecting vacant shifts with a growing marketplace of healthcare workers, proven to save the NHS millions. HTN asked Anas a few questions to find out more about […]
